Isaiah 41

Isaiah 41Names of God Bible (NOG)

The Nations Chose Idols, but the Lord Chose Israel

41 “Be silent and listen to me, you coastlands.Let the people gain new strength.Let them come near and speak.Let us come together for judgment.

2 “Who has raised up from the eastsomeone to whom Yahweh gives victory with every step he takes?Nations are handed over to him.He defeats kings.With his sword he turns them into dust.With his bow he turns them into straw blown by the wind.3 He chases them, marching by safelyon a path his feet have never traveled before.4 Who has accomplished this?Who has determined the course of history from the beginning?I, Yahweh, was there first, and I will be there to the end.I am the one!”

5 The coastlands have seen him and are afraid.The ends of the earth tremble.They have come near and gathered together.6 People help their neighborsand say to their relatives, “Be brave!”7 Craftsmen encourage goldsmiths.Metalsmiths encourage blacksmiths who work at their anvils.They say that their soldering is good.And they fasten things with nails so they won’t move.

8 “But you are my servant Israel,Jacob, whom I have chosen,the descendant of Abraham, my dear friend.9 I have taken you from the ends of the earthand called you from its most distant places.I said to you, ‘You are my servant.I’ve chosen you; I haven’t rejected you.’10 Don’t be afraid, because I am with you.Don’t be intimidated; I am your Elohim.I will strengthen you.I will help you.I will support you with my victorious right hand.

11 “Everyone who is angry with youwill be ashamed and disgraced.Those who oppose youwill be reduced to nothing and disappear.12 You will search for your enemies,but you will not find them.Those who are at war with youwill be reduced to nothing and no longer exist.13 I, Yahweh your Elohim, hold your right handand say to you, ‘Don’t be afraid; I will help you.’14 Don’t be afraid, Jacob, you worm.You people of Israel, I will help you,”declares Yahweh, your Go’el, Qedosh Yisrael.15 “I am going to make you into a new threshing[a] sledgewith sharp, double-edged teeth.You will thresh the mountains and crush them to dust.You will turn the hills into straw.16 You will winnow[b] them.The wind will carry them away.The windstorm will scatter them.But you will find joy in Yahwehand praise Qedosh Yisrael.

17 “The poor and needy are looking for water, but there is none.Their tongues are parched with thirst.I, Yahweh, will answer them.I, the Elohim of Israel, will not abandon them.18 I will make rivers flow on bare hilltops.I will make springs flow through valleys.I will turn deserts into lakes.I will turn dry land into springs.19 I will plant cedar, acacia, myrtle, and wild olive trees in the desert.I will place cedar, fir, and cypress trees together in the wilderness.20 People will see and know.Together they will consider and understandthat Yahweh’s power has done this,that Qedosh Yisrael has created it.

21 “Present your case,” says Yahweh.“Bring forward your best arguments,” says Jacob’s Melek.22 “Bring your idols so they can tell us what’s going to happen.Explain past events that your idols told you aboutso that we may consider themand know what their outcome will be.Tell us about future events.23 Tell us what’s going to happenso that we may know that you are gods.Yes, do something, good or evil,to intimidate us and make us afraid.24 You are nothing!You can’t do anything!Whoever chooses you is disgusting.

25 “I have raised up someone from the north, and he has come.He will call on my name from the east.He will attack rulers as if they were mud,as if he were treading on clay like a potter.26 Who revealed this from the beginning so that we could know it?Who revealed this from the past so that we could say that he was right?No one revealed it.No one announced it.No one heard your words.27 I was the first to tell Zion, ‘Look, here they are.’I gave Jerusalem a messenger with the good news.28 When I look, there is no one.There is no one to advise them.When I ask them a question,will they give an answer?29 All of them are nothing.[c]They can’t do anything.Their statues are nothing but air.”

Footnotes:

Isaiah 41:15Threshing is the process of beating stalks to separate them from the grain.

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